Where does “boodschapper” come from?

boodschapper (Dutch) comes from Dutch boodschappen, from Dutch lijst, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.

boodschapper (Dutch): messenger

Definitions

  1. messenger

Ancestry of “boodschapper”, step by step

boodschapper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch boodschappen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboodschappenshopping, groceries
2Dutchlijstlist; picture frame
3Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
4Old High Germanlīsta
5Proto-Germaniclīstōn

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro
Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn